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Lalbiakhlua Jongte
Personal information
Date of birth	23 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Mizoram, India
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Hyderabad FC
Number	33
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Indian Arrows
2020–	Hyderabad
2023	→ Mohammedan (loan)
International career‡
2016	India U14
2017	India U15
2016–2018	India U16
2019	India U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 6 Novenmer 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Lalbiakhlua Jongte (born 23 July 2002), commonly known as Biaka, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for I-League club Mohammedan, on loan from Indian Super League club Hyderabad.

Club career

Born in Mizoram, Jongte was promoted to the Indian Arrows senior squad for 2018–19 I-League.^[1] On 28 December 2019, Jongte made his debut in the 2019–20 I-League, against Churchill Brothers.^[2]

Jongte started his youth career with the India national under-14 team, and was a regular in the team list.^{[citation needed]} He won the SAFF U-15 Championship with the under-15s in 2017, and qualified for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification.^[3] He then represented India national under-16 football team in the Four Nation Tournament organised at Serbia, where he awarded "Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament",^{[citation needed]} as India won the tournament defeating Tajikistan in the final.^[4]

As of 22 August 2022^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Indian Arrows	2019–20	I-League	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Hyderabad	2020–21	Indian Super League	0	0	3^[a]	0	—		3	0
	2021–22		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2022–23		1	0	2^[a]	0	—		3	0
	2024–25		2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Hyderabad total		3	0	5	0	0	0	8	0
Mohammedan (loan)	2023–24	I-League	2	0	3^[a]	0	—		5	0
Career total			14	0	8	0	0	0	22	0